User Manual

Because ATEM Mini Pro ISO knows what input you have connected, plus it’s recording those
inputs into video files, it will have placed the camera number metadata into the files for you.
This means camera 1 in the sync bin is really the video input you had connected to input 1 on
the switcher. Camera 2 is input 2 and so on.
To select an alternative edit, you need to follow 2 steps. First you need to select the shot you
want and set its in and out point. The next step is to edit it into your timeline, over the shot you
currently have.
So scroll to the position in the timeline that has the start of the shot you want to replace. You are
going to edit over the top of this clip. You should see the alternative shots displayed in the
multiview. These are the other options you have and you see all the input video files that were
recorded from the ATEM Mini Pro ISO’s inputs.
Now click the shot you want. You will see it display full screen. It will also have an in point set for
you, and it will be located at the current timeline position. There is an out point also placed at a
clip duration of 4 seconds. It’s unlikely you want this exact out point, so now all you need to do
is scroll along the timeline to find the point you want the new shot to end and press O. The out
point will move to this position.
If you did not select the correct shot, just press escape and it will return you to the multi view
and you can select another shot.
Now you have your shot selected, you want to place it in the timeline. This is where you need to
use the source overwrite edit mode. The edit modes are centered below the media pool, and
the right most one is called source overwrite. You can see which edit mode is which, by
hovering your mouse over the buttons to display the tool tips with the edit label.
The source overwrite is intelligent, and it will look at the clip you have selected, then look at the
timeline and it will edit that clip into the timeline at the exact timecode match. This means all the
shots you are editing into the timeline with source overwrite will stay in sync. Not only that, you
don’t need to set any in and out points in the timeline, as you can just scroll along, look for
shots, and add them into the timeline as cutaways.
The source overwrite edit mode will always place the clip on the layer above the current clip in
the timeline. If there is no layer, it will add the layer and then place it. This means it’s easy to find
your cutaways as they will be on the layers above your original edit.
Simply scroll along your timeline, select your cutaways from the sync bin multi view and replace
as many shots as you need.
Adding Dissolves
Another great feature for editing is you can add extra dissolves to your timeline. Often when
streaming at low bandwidth, dissolves can look blocky. So this means you might not use them
for the live stream. But when you upload your program you might want to add more dissolves to
make the feel of the program gentler and more elegant.
You can now add the dissolves to smooth out the flow. DaVinci lets you drag transitions from
the transition palette onto each edit point, however there is a faster way to add dissolves. At the
bottom right of the media pool on the cut page are 3 transition buttons. One will remove any
transition and make the edit point a cut, but the middle button will add a dissolve. You can just
scroll along and press the middle button and add dissolves.
If you watch the timeline ruler you will see a little triangle marker bouncing up and down. This
will show you the edit point that DaVinci thinks you want to add the dissolve to. This means you
don’t even need to add in points to the timeline as when you press the dissolve button, it will
add it to the marked edit for you. It’s very fast and you can just scroll along and add dissolves
where you need them.
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